Music

Music has a lot of advantages
Music education has become a luxury throughout most of the world as school boards cut funding for music and arts education. As school officials review their budgets each year, music is often among the first to be cut and that is dangerous. Music education can

Pop star inspires kids through music
Twelve-year-old rising pop star Alex Freeman has released five original songs in her young career. Freeman has studied Taylor Swift and loves how she connects with her fans as well as continued to write her own music. Freeman loves how Swift stays true to her

Szandra Mayer is fluent in English, Hungarian and Spanish
Born to sing, perform and shine, very talented 11-year-old singer Szandra Mayer has released “Paradise,” her second single, and a very cool music video to go with it. The trilingual singer — who is Hungarian and Spanish and speaks both languages fluently

Young artist adds her own style to National Anthem
Seven-year-old Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja from Los Angeles, CA, USA is quite the singer. The youngster has become a viral sensation since stunning a crowd at an LA Galaxy soccer game with her rendition of America’s National Anthem. Malea has been given he nickname

Young hand drummer wows Istanbul crowd

Mashallah to this youngster! Watch this amazing performance by Sercan Gider, who is now around 12 years old, play the darbuka hand drum on the streets of Istanbul. A large crowd gathers to watch as he and an unknown gentlemen wow the crowd of onlookers.

Sun Life Financial deepens commitment to making music education accessible to more Canadians
Sun Life Financial and Grammy and Juno Award-winning artist, Sarah McLachlan, eunsure at-risk and underserved children and youth in Vancouver through the Sarah McLachlan School of Music. The organization continues to gain access to best-in-class music programs, free

The young musician has hundreds of thousands of video views
Two-year-old Lennox Howard Noble is a drummer in the making. The young musician can always be seen beating on something while sucking on his binky. He started playing at about 18 months old and has quite the talent.

OrchKids helps kids do better academically
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Marin Alsop, started OrchKids, a free after school program, in 2007 with only 30 students in a single school. More than a decade later, the program reaches 1,300 students in six schools. The program has seen its

The interactive and social campaign asks musicians and fans to express what music means to them
Toyota and VH1 Save The Music Foundation are continuing to support music education in schools. Each year, the two organizations team to contribute grants toward instruments and valuable resources to assist music education programs in

Music featured is desired by parents to mask outside noises for undisturbed rest
Most moms play either a sound machine or Mozart-like music for their baby’s sleep. Baby Acoustics’ Sound Asleep Music Bluetooth Bear has brought these two concepts together with breakthrough research on what works best for baby ears for repeatable